Where Y’at this Weekend? Books, Food, and Theater!!

Josh Danzig
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Watch every Thursday morning as WhereYat.com and Where Y’at Magazine bring the top picks of great things to do in the beautiful city of New Orleans.

The Crescent City is packed this weekend with exciting events, including St. Patrick’s Day parades, St. Joseph Day celebrations, and Super Sunday Mardi Gras Indian marches. There are even more great happenings: here are Where Y’at’s weekend picks!

Some of this weekend’s events include:

  • First, starting today, The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University is the perfect festival for book lovers. The free Festival will feature fiction and nonfiction, classics, and new releases. There’ll be readings, panel discussions with celebrity authors, and book sales…with a special Family Day on Saturday.

  • Like to eat? Food Fight, tonight at Lafreniere Park, is the ultimate event for foodies. Enjoy bites and creative cocktails from the city’s top restaurants as they compete in categories like “Top Traditional Dish” and more. Participating locales include Brennan’s, Lakeview Harbor, and others.

  • Next, starting tomorrow night and running through next weekend, JPAS presents Jesus Christ Superstar at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center. The musical is an acclaimed rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Weber that depicts the final days of Jesus’ life. Visit the JPAS website for showtimes and tickets.

For complete schedules and maps of all the St. Patrick’s Day, Super Sunday, and St. Joseph’s parades, pick up the current issue of Where Y’at Magazine at grocery stores, coffee shops, and retail outlets all over town. And log onto WhereYat.com and click on “March Parades” for updated information.

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